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1、2014年MTI翻译硕士英语 考研词汇语法模拟真题三（含标准答案）MTI考研迅速提分材料 认真学习可以得到400分 搞定一切学校文章来源：http:/ 整理：博文MTI主讲老师：武峰翻译硕士英语 Part Passage OneThere are few more sobering online activities than entering data intocollege-tuition calculators and gasping as the Web spits back a six-figure sum. Buteconomists say families about to g
2、o into debt to fund four years of partying, as well asstudying, can console themselves with the knowledge that college is an investment that,unlike many bank stocks, should yield huge dividends.A 2008 study by two Harvard economists notes that the “labor-market premium toskill”or the amount college
3、graduates earned thats greater than what high-schoolgraduates earneddecreased for much of the 20th century, but has come back with avengeance since the 1980s. In 2005, the typical full-time year-round U.S. worker witha four-year college degree earned50,900, 62% more than the31,500 earned by aworker
4、with only a high-school diploma.Theres no question that going to college is a smart economic choice. But a look atthe strange variations in tuition reveals that the choice about which college to attenddoesnt come down merely to dollars and cents. Does going to Columbia University(tuition, room and b
5、oard 49,260 in 2007-2008) yield a 40% greater return thanattending the University of Colorado at Boulder as an out-of-state student(35,542)?Probably not. Does being an out-of-state student at the University of Colorado atBoulder yield twice the amount of income as being an in-state students(17,380)
6、there?Not likely.No, in this consumerist age, most buyers arent evaluating college as an investment,but rather as a consumer productlike a car or clothes or a house. And with suchpurchases, price is only one of many crucial factors to consider.As with automobiles, consumers in todays college marketp
7、lace have vast choices,and people search for the one that gives them the most comfort and satisfaction in linewith their budgets. This accounts for the willingness of people to pay more for differenttypes of experiences(such as attending a private liberal-arts college or going to anout-of-state publ
8、ic school that has a great marine-biology program). And just as twoauto purchasers might spend an equal amount of money on very different cars, collegestudents(or, more accurately, their parents)often show a willingness to pay essentiallythe same price for vastly different products. So which is it?1
9、. Whats the opinion of economists about going to college?A) Huge amounts of money is being wasted on campus socializingB) It doesnt pay to run into debt to receive a college educationC) College education is rewarding in spite of the starting costsD) Going to college doesnt necessarily bring the expe
10、cted returns2. The two Harvard economists note in their study that, for much of the 20th century,_A) enrollment kept decreasing in virtually all American colleges and universitiesB) the labor market preferred high-school graduates to college graduatesC) competition for university admissions was far
11、more fierce than todayD) the gap between the earnings of college and high-school graduates narrowed3. Student who attend an in-state college or university can_A) save more on tuitionB) receive a better educationC) take more liberal-arts coursesD) avoid traveling long distances4. In this consumerist
12、age, most parents_A) regard college education as a wise investmentB) place a premium on the prestige of the collegeC) think it crucial to send their children to collegeD) consider college education a consumer product5. What is the chief consideration when students choose a college today?A) Their emp
13、loyment prospects after graduationB) A satisfying experience within their budgetsD) Its facilities and learning environmentD) Its ranking among similar institutionsPassage TwoCrippling health care bills, long emergency-room waits and the inability to find aprimary care physician just scratch the sur
14、face of the problems that patients face daily.Primary care should be the backbone of any health care system. Countries withappropriate primary care resources score highly when it comes to health outcomes andcost. The US takes the opposite approach by emphasizing the specialist rather than theprimary care physician.A recent study analyzed the providers who treat Medicare beneficiaries.Thestartling finding was that the average Medicare patient saw a total of sevendoctors-two primary
